Character Customization Advice - imagemap or imagebuttons?

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Character Customization Advice - imagemap or imagebuttons?

#1 Post by jayel » Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:36 pm

I am attempting to code a "simple" character customization screen.
I have a white base sprite that I plan to color using im.Recolor based on the Player's choice of color, which will be stored in a persistent variable and used to color the sprite variations throughout the game.

My problem? I'm not certain if I should go with an imagemap or imagebuttons for my customization screen.
Basically, I'm having trouble settling on a method. Any advice/tips/slaps to the head from more experienced Ren'py coders?
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Re: Character Customization Advice - imagemap or imagebutton

#2 Post by Biomass » Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:48 pm

They seem to be different ways to do the same thing. imagebuttons might be faster to code up if you only have a few buttons though.

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Re: Character Customization Advice - imagemap or imagebutton

#3 Post by kuri_chii » Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:41 am

I prefer Imagebuttons: I can easily make animating BG with that :D
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